सिपाही बुलबुल

सिपाही बुलबुल (Red-whiskered bulbul; Pycnonotus jocosus) चिरई सभ के बुलबुल परिवार के एगो प्रजाति हवे। ई उष्णकटिबंधी एशिया के मूल निवासी हवे आ अउरी उष्णकटिबंधी इलाका सभ में मनुष्य द्वारा पहुँचावल गइल बा जहाँ के जंगल सभ में ई आपन आवास बना लेले बाटे। ई भारत में पोसुआ चिरई के रूप में पोसल भी जाले।

उपप्रजाति
सिपाही बुलबुल के कुल 9 गो उपप्रजाति सभ के पहिचानल गइल बाटे:
 P. j. fuscicaudatus - (Gould, 1866): Originally described as a separate species. Found in western and central India. Has a nearly complete breast band and no white tip to tail. 
 P. j. abuensis - (Whistler, 1931): Found in north-western India (type locality Mount Abu) Is pale and has a broken breast band and no white tip to tail.  
 P. j. pyrrhotis - (Bonaparte, 1850): Originally described as a separate species in the genus Ixos. Found in the Terai of northern India and Nepal. It is pale above with white tail tips and a widely separated breast band
 P. j. emeria - (Linnaeus, 1758): Originally described as a separate species in the genus Motacilla. Found from eastern India to south-western Thailand. Is warm brown above with a slim bill and a long crest (also introduced into Florida)
 P. j. whistleri - Deignan, 1948: Found in the Andaman Islands and has a warm brown plumage above, a heavier bill and a shorter crest than P. j. emeria
 Chinese red-whiskered bulbul (P. j. monticola) - (Horsfield, 1840): Originally described as a separate species in the genus Ixos. Found from eastern Himalayas to northern Myanmar and southern China and has darker upperparts than P. j. pyrrhotis
 P. j. jocosus - (Linnaeus, 1758): Found in south-eastern China
 P. j. hainanensis - (Hachisuka, 1939): Found on Hainan Island (off south-eastern China)
 P. j. pattani  - Deignan, 1948: Found from southern Myanmar and northern Malay Peninsula through Thailand and southern Indochina

बिबरन
The red-whiskered bulbul is about  in length. It has brown upper-parts and whitish underparts with buff flanks and a dark spur running onto the breast at shoulder level. It has a tall pointed black crest, red face patch and thin black moustachial line. The tail is long and brown with white terminal feather tips, but the vent area is red. Juveniles lack the red patch behind the eye, and the vent area is rufous-orange.

The loud and evocative call is a sharp kink-a-joo (also transcribed as pettigrew or kick-pettigrew or pleased to meet you) and the song is a scolding chatter. They are more often heard than seen, but will often perch conspicuously especially in the mornings when they call from the tops of trees. The life span is about 11 years.

संदर्भ

बाहरी कड़ी

Red-whiskered_bulbul on the Internet Bird Collection
Mangoverde 
ageing and sexing

श्रेणी:बुलबुल
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